SWEAT-y hills

(i'll stop making the sweat-y jokes soon... i promise)

Well I went back for round two this morning. On the agenda was a hills session at "big bertha" which had me a little worried! I rocked up, did a couple of warm up laps of the oval (first mistake! don't waste energy on the warm up laps when we have to jog to the hill....). Then we jogged over to the hill. Which makes a couple of k's warming up which is generally a good percentage of my whole run!!

Then those funny warm up things which culminate in accelerations that i believe in a normal person would resemble a sprint. i think i actually slow down... its all psychological - i know it!

So then the hills began. Sean marks out a 500m round trip course up and down the mountain. Most people do 10 laps but us beginners only had to do 6 (thank god - some of the 10 lappers still beat me!!). The thing that got me was that you have to keep going and no stopping at the bottom! I finished my 6 (so 3km of hills) in 17m46s. I consider this a win!! i didn't stop at all.

i do need to work on going fast down the hill though. i find it really hard to "lean forward and let go" as I am supposed to do. i think i would fall over!

anyway so then we ran back to the oval and stretched and i ran part of the way home (cause i was running late!!).

i really enjoyed it again and after i finished a rested for a bit i felt like i could have gone another lap or 2. but i didn't.

was good to see wildthing down there today. everyone is very nice! and no one has pointed and laughed yet so alll good.

roll on easter...